By Stephen Epstein Ashkelon just announced that the city will be raising the municipal tax (Arnona), by 1.92 percent, which is the minimum amount set by the Ministry of Interior. While there are a variety of ways municipalities calculate municipal taxes, each city is able to charge residents different rates and increase beyond the amount [...]
Ashkelon Academic College is offering a course called Holy Sites in the Holy Land: Conflict or Co-Existence? The following course depicts the ongoing disputes of Israel’s ethnic, national, and religious groups over contested holy places, compared to other noteworthy holy places around the world. The course will engage with the following questions: In what way [...]
Anyone visiting Ashkelon over the short winter months will notice thousands of deciduous trees, with dried out bean pods, empty of almost all leaves. But by springtime, they explode in a blaze of color. With thousands of Flamboyant trees in Ashkelon, they transform the city into a color-filled landscape that is unique to Ashkelon. [...]
In 1951 Israel passed a Civil Defense Law, which required that shelters be built in all apartment buildings and industrial spaces. As a result, almost all apartment buildings have a Miklat (bomb shelter) on the lower floor or below ground. These shelters are normally equipped with a sink and toilet, emergency exit and have [...]
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By Alison Tranbarger Epstein A sense of time eludes me. I have freed myself of the normal activities that mark my passage through the daily clock and weekly calendar. The laundry stays piled on the dining room table, where I left it days ago. But which day? Who cares? All that matters is that [...]
By Stephen Epstein The lights are bright, people are coming and going, but everyone has a destination and everyone has a purpose. My wife Alison and I were sitting in the waiting room of the emergency department at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon last night. We were watching a tragedy unfold before our eyes. [...]
PLEASE NOTE. THIS EVENT IS BEING POSTPONED. If you had to sum up what Kids Kicking Cancer is all about, it is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally. Started in 1999 with 10 kids at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Kids Kicking Cancer is [...]
Every Thursday morning, when most people are just starting their days, a dirt lot next to Shufersal Deal in Migdal is transformed into a large flea market. Dozens of people come with their cars or trucks, laden with wares to sell to the local community. A walk through the rows of vendors will make [...]
Following on the success of last year's triathlon, Ashkelon is hosting a race on Friday May 7, 2021. The Ashkelon Municipality, the Sports Department, the Athletics Association and Tri Plus, the production of sports events, are organizing the Ashkelon race, which will include competitions of 15 km, 10 km, 5 km. This is the second [...]
